• Proper citation formatting for case law requires the case name to be italicized and underlined.
• True
• False

QUESTION 2

• A memorandum of law is a court opinion resolving a legal issue.
• True
• False

QUESTION 3

• IRAC is the only acceptable structure for legal analysis.
• True
• False

QUESTION 4

• A legal encyclopedia can be mandatory authority.
• True
• False

QUESTION 5

• Key numbers are a way Westlaw classifies legal subjects into specific topics and subtopics.
• True
• False

QUESTION 6

• The Code of Federal Regulations is organized chronologically.
• True
• False

QUESTION 7

• Precedent is a prior decision answering a similar issue.
• True
• False

QUESTION 8

• Case law is always primary authority.
• True
• False

QUESTION 9

• A slip law is a court opinion.
• True
• False

QUESTION 10

• A case brief includes the author's personal opinion about the law.
• True
• False

QUESTION 11

• The word case can mean a court opinion, a pending matter before a court, and a client matter in a law office.
• True
• False

QUESTION 12

• Opinions in reporters are printed by subject matter.
• True
• False

QUESTION 13

• Pocket parts are pamphlets that allow you to update statutes found in the bound code books.
• True
• False

QUESTION 14

• State courts are the final authority on the meaning of a state law.
• True
• False

QUESTION 15

• Some states have official citation rules.
• True
• False

QUESTION 16

• The audience of a memorandum of law can be the colleagues and supervisors of the writer of the memo.
• True
• False

QUESTION 17

• A case is considered published when it is printed in an official government reporter.
• True
• False

QUESTION 18

• The court's analysis is its explanation of why it reached a particular holding, often tying the law to the facts of the case.
• True
• False

QUESTION 19

• TheBluebook is an example of a citator.
• True
• False

QUESTION 20

• A headnote is a short-paragraph summary of a portion of an opinion.
• True
• False

QUESTION 21

• An issue that a court has never addressed before is an issue of stare decisis.
• True
• False

QUESTION 22

• The pin cite of a citation clause will tell you the page on which the case begins.
• True
• False

QUESTION 23

• Shepard's Citations is one of the most commonly used citation reference manuals.
• True
• False

QUESTION 24

• Secondary authority can, in rare circumstances, be mandatory authority.
• True
• False

QUESTION 25

• The Statutes at Large contain enacted law organized by subject matter.
• True
• False

QUESTION 26

• Which of the following is a fee-based computer database?

	a.	Westlaw
	b.	LEXIS
	c.	Neither A or B
	d.	Both A and B

2 points

QUESTION 27

• Federal statutes are printed in:

	a.	U.S.C.
	b.	U.S.C.A.
	c.	U.S.C.S.
	d.	All of the above

2 points

QUESTION 28

• Paragraph summary of a portion of an opinion provided on Westlaw:

	a.	Headnote
	b.	Element
	c.	Holding
	d.	Dictum

2 points

QUESTION 29

• The answer to the issue:

	a.	Headnote
	b.	Element
	c.	Holding
	d.	Dictum

2 points

QUESTION 30

• A type of legal formula for legal analysis:

	a.	CREAC
	b.	Vacate
	c.	Remand
	d.	Analogos

2 points

QUESTION 31

• Set aside the lower court's ruling:

	a.	CREAC
	b.	Vacate
	c.	Remand
	d.	Analogous

2 points

QUESTION 32

• Send the case back to the lower court:

	a.	CREAC
	b.	Vacate
	c.	Remand
	d.	Analogous

2 points

QUESTION 33

• No longer good law:

	a.	Overruled
	b.	Affirmed
	c.	Questioned
	d.	Criticized

2 points

QUESTION 34

• Ruling of the lower court was upheld:

	a.	Overruled
	b.	Affirmed
	c.	Questioned
	d.	Criticized

2 points

QUESTION 35

• To arrange laws by subject matter:

	a.	Digest
	b.	Annotated
	c.	Codify
	d.	Et al.

QUESTION 36

• Containing notes or commentary:

	a.	Digest
	b.	Annotated
	c.	Codify
	d.	Et al.

2 points

QUESTION 37

• A good issue statement contains:

	a.	Legal question and most relevant facts
	b.	Legal question and relevant law
	c.	Legal question and legally irrelevant facts
	d.	Most relevant facts and relevant law

2 points

QUESTION 38

• Whatever a court could rely on:

	a.	Authority
	b.	Bluebook
	c.	Shepard's Citations
	d.	KeyCite

2 points

QUESTION 39

• Westlaw's online citator:

	a.	Authority
	b.	Bluebook
	c.	Shepard's Citations
	d.	KeyCite

2 points

QUESTION 40

• Citation guide:

	a.	Authority
	b.	Bluebook
	c.	Shepard's Citations
	d.	KeyCite

2 points

QUESTION 41

• Volume containing court opinions:

	a.	Common law
	b.	Casebook
	c.	Case note
	d.	Reporter

2 points

QUESTION 42

• School text:

	a.	Common law
	b.	Casebook
	c.	Case note
	d.	Reporter

2 points

QUESTION 43

• Judge-made law:

	a.	Common law
	b.	Casebook
	c.	Case note
	d.	Reporter

2 points

QUESTION 44

• To make sure law is good law:

	a.	Westlaw
	b.	Secondary Authority
	c.	Id.
	d.	Validate

2 points

QUESTION 45

• Fee-based legal research:

	a.	Westlaw
	b.	Secondary Authority
	c.	Id.
	d.	Validate

2 points

QUESTION 46

• Short form citation:

	a.	Westlaw
	b.	Secondary Authority
	c.	Id.
	d.	Validate

2 points

QUESTION 47

• Nonlaw relied on by a court:

	a.	Westlaw
	b.	Secondary Authority
	c.	Id.
	d.	Validate

2 points

QUESTION 48

• The Federal Register contains:

	a.	Presidential proclamations
	b.	Enacted or amended rules or regulations
	c.	Neither A or B
	d.	Both A and B

2 points

QUESTION 49

• Always primary authority:

	a.	Uniform Laws
	b.	Model Codes
	c.	C.F.R.
	d.	C.J.S.

2 points

QUESTION 50

• Always persuasive authority:

	a.	U.S.C.
	b.	Federal Register
	c.	A.L.R.
	d.	Reporters